Ivan,
You say that the City Treasurer's office say that they'd sent you a
foreclosure warning and you say you never received it. I would think that
they would, by law, have to have "officially served it" to you by sending it
to you by certified or registered mail, return-receipt-requested -- meaning
that you would have had to sign a postal receipt before the letter would be
given to you. I suggest that you investigate whether or not that process is
indeed a legal requirement in your state. If it is, and there is no such
receipt, then this may be a strong legal defense for you.
Maybe it would also help to see if there is a local office of the American
Bar Association, or a volunteer lawyers group, and give them a call and ask
if they can assist or point you to a lawyer who can assist.
Good luck.
-- SJS
1/21/99
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>Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 22:49:34 -0500
>From: Ivan M Suzman <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: foreclosure uproar
>
>^^^^^^ WARM GREETINGS FROM ^^^^^^^^^^^^ :-)
> Ivan Suzman 49/39/36 [log in to unmask] :-)
> Portland, Maine land of lighthouses 23 deg. F :-)
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>People are getting upset. The City never mailed me a 30-days to
>foreclosure warning. The City Treasurer claims to have foreclosed
>already, on MLK DAY- when =his offices were closed for the MLK holiday.!
>
>Today I got two calls from the City, telling me that in response to my
>NOVEMBER 2 phone call, it is too late to get an abatement. The deadline
>had passed. I am getting the run-around.
>
>The lawyer I had found has not been reliable and was NOT reading what i
>sent him.
>
>I am now attempting to have media people look into this-but so far
>either I am not being heard (lowered voice volume on the phone?), or my
>story seems too unimportant..
>
>Meanwhile I am hopeful that this MESS will straighten out.
>
>Ivan
>
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